Church leaders who supported the Bible society's efforts said they were surprised by the reaction.

For services to the community, to the Bible Society and to religion.

From 1837 till 1850 he was president of the American and foreign Bible society.

In 1812 he founded a local section of the Bible Society.

Bible Society thinks they're missing out and so they're working to change that.

He was a trustee of the Bible Society until his death.

He was also on the board of the American Bible Society.

He called on the Bible Society to come up with new words to replace the offending word.

There are even rewards from Bible Societies to that end.

After that, he worked for the American Bible Society in many parts of the world.